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Re-opening of railway line and nudist festival

BBC A photograph of the disused Portishead railway tracks showing long grass growing over the old tracks and newer built houses with solar panels to the left. Low trees have grown over part of the line.BBC
The Portishead railway has been derelict since the 1960s but will come back to life thanks to new government funding

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ITV West Country gave us the details of the government's decision to approve the long-awaited Portishead to Bristol railway line and new stations for Wellington and Cullompton.

A power cut that left more than 8,300 homes without power on Monday evening was covered by Gloucestershire Live.

Somerset Live's report on a week-long naturist festival that is under way at a campsite in Langport gained a lot of reaction on social media.

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Wiltshire Search and Rescue are working with the police and military as the search for a missing soldier continues.

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club has announced that the funeral of David 'Syd' Lawrence will be held at Bristol's St Mary Redcliffe Church on Friday 18 July.

A post on the UK Cop Humour Facebook page celebrating the retirement of a Wiltshire Police officer who worked as a football intelligence officer at both Swindon Town and international tournaments has seen a lot of reaction.

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